Philadelphia, PA · Childcare Centers
Childcare Centers in Philadelphia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 2,011 child day care services in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 27,771 people with $827.4 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
2,011
5th most of 387 US metro areas
27,771
13.8 per business, against 13.2 across all metros
$827.4 million
$29,795 per employee
48%
of businesses, against 54% across all metros
-1.5%
in the number of businesses (2,042 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for child day care services, 5th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 13.8 employees.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps childcare centers in Philadelphia.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Tours booked from a page
Publish tour times that show only when you are free. Each tour arrives as a request you confirm, and the family can move it from a link.
A waitlist that moves
Tag waiting families in your contact list by classroom and start date. When a spot opens, VERA drafts the offer to the next family with a reply-by date.
Enrollment paperwork, collected
Send each family a secure link that lists the forms you require. It works only for that request and stops working when it expires.
Questions
Childcare Centers in Philadelphia
How many child day care services are there in Philadelphia?
2,011 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 27,771 people and paid $827.4 million in annual payroll.
Is the Philadelphia market for childcare centers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 2,042 to 2,011 (-1.5%).
What does VERA do for childcare centers in Philadelphia?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Philadelphia business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Childcare Centers in other markets
Other Philadelphia markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is child day care services, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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